Despite Vitoria’s rejection, 56.5% of the workforce supports the offer, so in 4 years there will be a new agreement with increases of 12%
VITORIA/MADRID, June 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The new Michelin agreement in Spain for the period 2023-2026 was approved by the workers of the multinational in the country with 56.5% of the votes, while 43.5% expressed their opposition, although in Vitoria it was more than six out of ten workers voted against.
In this sense, workers at Michelin Vitoria have rejected the company’s offer in the votes held over the past three days. 64.5% of Vitoria’s workforce voted ‘no’, while the remaining 35.5% voted to accept the tire multinational’s terms.
From a workforce of around 3,500 employees, the referendum in Gasteiz-Vitoria received a total of 3,108 votes, of which 2,006 were negative, 1,093 positive and nine invalid.
Despite the rejection of more than six out of ten workers at the Gasteiz plant, the Basque plant will have a new collective agreement after the proposal was approved nationally with 56.5% of the vote.
The CCOO union has indicated it will transfer the position to the company before the 72-hour deadline Michelin has allowed to respond to its latest offer, after a marathon day at the Burgos inter-central committee, a body in the CCOO, UGT and Csif represent the majority with nine of the 13 representatives.
On the contrary, the minority unions of the Vitoria plant (ELA, LAB, CGT and ESK), which have promoted the mobilizations in search of work improvements, have stated that “the intercentral committee clearly harms the decisions of Gasteiz.” “.
NEW AGREEMENT
Eventually the agreement will be finalized with salary increases of 5% for this year, 3% for 2024, 2% in 2025 and another 2% in 2026. In addition, an additional salary guarantee clause is offered with the cessation of the condition ROS.
In the event that the 2023-2024 CPI average is above 8%, the corresponding annual salary will be updated up to a maximum of 2 points above, with this update taking place on January 1, 2025.
The same salary guarantee terms would be offered for 2025-26 as long as the average CPI is above 4% and would apply on January 1, 2027.
On the other hand, upon signing the 2023-2026 agreement, Michelin guaranteed all active employees a non-consolidated bonus of 1,500 euros, while workers with a relief contract would be charged 25% of this bonus.
Likewise, “team building” (personnel development day) is abolished, at the request of the unions, who demanded that the eight annual hours of “development days” be calculated in it and not have to be carried out during workers days off.
